Q: Is 6,955,806 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,955,806 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 6,955,806 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 39 66 67 78 121 134 143 201 242 286 363 402 429 726 737 858 871 1,331 1,474 1,573 1,742 2,211 2,613 2,662 3,146 3,993 4,422 4,719 5,226 7,986 8,107 9,438 9,581 16,214 17,303 19,162 24,321 28,743 34,606 48,642 51,909 57,486 89,177 103,818 105,391 178,354 210,782 267,531 316,173 535,062 632,346 1,159,301 2,318,602 3,477,903 and 6,955,806, with no remainder.

Since 6,955,806 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,955,806, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).